Wrongful Conviction

Governor Kemp has asked his research staff for a policy memo describing the prevalence of wrongful conviction in Georgia and specific recommendations for potential legislative or administrative remedies to the problem.

1: introduction: Introduce the general issue and specific policy problem. Provide critical background information (including information on the size and scope of the problem), justification for writing the memo, key themes and/or recommendations of the memo, and a brief roadmap for what follows.
2. Issue Analysis: Provide a detailed yet concisely written analysis of the identified policy problem. Sufficient evidence must be marshalled to properly defend your analysis, ensuring that such evidence is factual, appropriate for the purpose, and comprehensive in scope. You may consider dividing this into subsections that address multiple aspects of the problem and potential solutions identified for consideration (which could, and perhaps should, include doing nothing). Discussion should identify likely winners and losers of proposed policy changes.
3: Recommendations: Describe your recommended course of action based on the preceding issue analysis. What specific steps should be implemented to address the problem, by whom, in what time frame? Review how you arrived at this decision (i.e., what was your methodological approach?), and clearly explain why your recommendations are best suited for addressing the policy problem.
4: Conclusion: Provide a brief conclusion of your analysis and recommendations, including a discussion of limitations of the analysis (e.g., insufficient data, political unwillingness to address, etc.).